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GERMANY: Ticket to Ride

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

Turn of the century Germany… Through a fine autumn rain, a plume of smoke announces the arrival of the 4:15 train from Nuremberg in the Munich Central Station.  DAYS OF WONDER In Ticket to Ride Germany, build your own rail … Continue reading →

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TOMATO TRIP: Stupice… sweet :-)

Posted on May 17, 2024 by admin

Wish granted… Stupice… Sun Sugar… and Juliet bonus 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Tomato Trip

Posted on May 16, 2024 by admin

STUPICE: Very early and very productive Czech variety… on the wishlist… Detour… Open Source Seed Initiative… Adelaide Festival… Dwarf Tomato Project… TomatoVille… Back to tomatoes… Striped German… San Marzano… Costoluto Genovese… Momotaro… Mexico… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Fava & Tomatoes

Posted on May 15, 2024 by admin

May is for Fresh Fava Beans… followed by tomatoes… Berkeley Pink Tie Dye… Brad’s Atomic Grape… Health Kick… Momotaro… San Marzano… Super Sweet! LEARN TOMATO GROWING TERMS … to be continued… tomatoes around the world 🙂

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Protected: ITINERARY: Sommer 2024

Posted on May 10, 2024 by admin

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FILM ITINERARIES: The Women on the 6th Floor

Posted on April 18, 2024 by admin

The French tradition of comedy built around impeccable timing and flawless acting is alive and well in this farce about a group of vibrant Spanish maids who shake things up in 1960s Paris. The Women on the 6th Floor: Les … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: My Cousin Vinny…

Posted on April 6, 2024 by admin

… from 1992 🙂

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Anniversary Gifts

Posted on April 4, 2024 by admin

Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’… Alpine Strawberry Mignonette… for pots… Phacelia californica… Phacelia ciliata… for pollinators… Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… for a soil test… Calico Monkeyflower… for beauty… Pacific Coast Iris… for colors… Happy Plantiversary! 🙂

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OAKLAND: No Mystery

Posted on February 11, 2024 by admin

Stanley Clarke’s Band… at Yoshi’s… first Yoshi’s show for us since November 2019!

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UC DAVIS: Rising Stars of Opera

Posted on February 4, 2024 by admin

Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera

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